@gpymama
Roosters are not only good for fertilizing. My roo fought off a bobcat and I have video proof. All my hens and roo survived. I am sitting in my coop right now, and I love my roo and hens. There is a reason why they say the rooster is the least appreciated animal on the farm.
@NickandSilkeCreate
We love our backyard chickens 🐥 they are so much fun. Our hens lay one egg each almost every day. We used a green plastic egg 🟢 in their nesting box to get them started laying eggs and to teach them where to lay them. It worked like a charm 😁
@misimcfarland5212
I'm very experienced with chickens. This is an excellent basic guide. The one thing you could have added is about the benefits of keeping a closed flock. I see a lot of new people making the mistake of buying random chickens from others, and at markets, and adding them to their flock without a quarantine period, and of course ending up with endless problems with a range of sickness.
@simplelivinghighthinking7007
Chickens have amazingly good characters. I've seen a rooster risk his life to try to save a chick. I also saw a rooster adopt chicks that lost their Mom. Thank you for this nice, informative video.
@hennypenny7381
Instead of boiling fresh eggs, I steam them about 20 minutes or so, depending on how many and how big the eggs are. They peel just fine if you steam them. This also tells me that store bought eggs are older when they get to the market. I have read, they can be up to 45 days old. Plus they are washed with a harsh solution, which can get into the egg, as egg shells are made of calcium and calcium is porous. Love your flock! They all look happy and healthy. :-)
@alexryherd9810
A good tip for homesteaders with dirtbag neighbors with poorly trained dogs, if possible, reinforce the bottoms of your barn or coop doors, or even fence gates with heavy lumber wrapped in chicken wire. It will help prevent the predators or dogs from getting through, also, maybe even nails or screws sticking out of them slightly to help deter. Sounds extreme but from experience I can tell you that sometimes things like this need to be done.
@gamelikar
I am not going to use this in my life but I’ll still watch it because why not. That’s the beauty of YouTube videos back in the day, something that will never appear now.
@DavidStrickland-collegesuccess
Thanks for making this delightful video. I love that you moved through useful information as a brisk pace rather than wasting many minutes of irrelevant storytelling. I also got a huge laugh from the last picture (about training your chicken).
@dibrentley7915
its easy to get your chickens back into the coop. Everyday get some thing to bang on and then put food scraps in their run. They soon learn to associate the bang with food scraps and come running (or sometimes low flying) and then you just need to close the cage door.
@threemermaids7925
Thanks for the video. Excellent information, short and sweet. (I won't mention the rooster thing.) I've had chickens now for 3+ years and learned a few things. The little chicks that we buy in the spring are nice enough but the chicks that were hatched here in the house...wow, friendlier by far than store-bought chickens. The main thing I learned is that the chickens self-segregated; each batch that was hatched became one group. Each new group kept itself apart from the other groups. I had one flock but there were 4 'family groups'. I give away excess roosters and keep only one or two to protect the flock and provide a new generation...well, plus rooster are pretty to look at.
@heroichawk1829
i would recommend getting chickens from a hatchery when i got mine from tsc i got a rooster in a pullet (a pullet is meant to be only hens and straight runs are both male and female)
@kylew.lostroh7931
I will always have a rooster with my flock. They offer great protection, let hens know where food is, and I love letting the hens hatch a few of their own babies out every spring.
@mindsuretherapyprograms2480
This is so useful. I am so excited to get my first chickens soon. I like the way this is straight forward, pleasant to watch and informative without complications. It is also very positive and light hearted. Love it. Thank you
@allanmccarthy3084
Thanks for the video. I'm relatively new to keeping chickens. My research shows, chickens, unlike other birds that roost with feet curled around a limb, like to be on a flat surface in order to rest there breast bone. That is, a 2x4 is the best roosting platform for a chicken not a typical closet pole. I have eleven chickens and they seem to love the 2x4 configuration that I have in the coop.
@maribelmeza4494
I absolutely LOVE this video! Found out some things nobody has talked about, on other videos. I guess they all assume we know the basics. She also gets right to the point, with a good presentation voice and great visuals. That’s what makes a great informative, concise, and enjoyable video. GREAT JOB! Blessings.
@smartboi9655
Roosters prevent chickens from fighting, protect them, call them when they find food, and warn them about predators.
@She_sSincere
Lol i was like train your chickens ?? Needless to say this was the first video I watched on raising chickens lol
@amusingkiwi9586
My roosters a good boy, he protects his chickens, and im expecting chicklings in a few mounths. So yah not usless...
@melaniemackay2679
To put them away... or get them out of a garden where they are not meant to be... think LEAD, not HERD. Get some grain/scraps/treats & go and get their attention, call them whatever you usually do, and then quickly walk or run to where you want them. Usually MOST of them will happily follow you - but you MUST give them treats for doing so! then you can just hopefully catch the 1-2 stragglers who had better options in the dirt in front of them. Others in my family have also used a leaf blower as a harmless (but noisy) way to direct chicken traffic!
@kpaigem1270